| Family |
Aspleniaceae |
| Scientific name |
Asplenium australasicum (J. Smith) Hooker |
| Synonyms |
Asplenium australasicum (J. Smith) Hooker forma robinsonii (F. Müller)
P. S. Green; Asplenium nidus auct., non L.; Asplenium robinsonii F. Müller;
Asplenium squamulatum β smithii Hooker; Neottopteris australasica J. Smith;
Thamnopteris australasica (J. Smith) T. Moore |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) ryukyu tori-no-su-shida [Okinawa bird's nest fern] |
| (English common name) crow's-nest fern |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Ogasawara Islands, Okiniawa |
| (Other nations) China, Taiwan, Southeastern Asia, Australia |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=144 |
| Description |
Leaves 10-20cm length, 2-5cm width. Evergreen. lithophyte on rocks in montane
forest. |
| Reference |
Asplenium australasicum |
| Molecular Taxonomic Study and Revision of the Three Japanese Species of Asplenium sect. |
| Methods for removing pollutants from contaminated soil materials with a fern plant (US Patent 6302942/2001) |
| Heavy metal phytoremediation (US Patent 6576816/2003) |
| Trace element phytoremediation (US Patent 6974896/2005) |
| Compositions and methods for removing pollutants from contaminated wafer with a fern plant (US Patent 7069690/2006) |
| Contaminant removal by ferns via foliar-application and excised/ground fronds (US Patent 7066982/2006) |
| Contaminant removal by additional ferns (US Patent 7065920/2006) |
| Heavy metal phytoremediation (US Patent 7034202/2006) |
| Elicited plant products (US Patent 20020132021) |
| Compositions and methods for removing pollutants from contaminated materials (WIPO Patent WO/2000/061822) |
| A method of identifying and recovering products exuded from a plant (WIPO Patent WO/2000/007437) |
| Production of plant secondary metabolites using adsorption and elicitation in cell suspension culture (WIPO Patent WO/2005/012507) |
| Plant cultivation method (WIPO Patent WO/2005/122752) |
| Note |
Some Japanese authors describe that this plant species in Japan is Asplenium australasicum auct., non (J. Smith) Hooker. Please compare photos in Tsukuba Botanical
Garden with photos in Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens below. |
